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Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7's Lunar Module Pilot Has Passed Away Aged 90

We all remember Neil Armstrong's famous words as the Apollo 11 astronaut took the first living, breathing human steps on the surface of the Moon. Small steps and giant leaps for man and mankind. But ...
The Spokesman-Review

Walter Cunningham, the last astronaut of Apollo 7, reflects on his time in space as Artemis mission readies

Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew. While the command module was designed to get the astronauts from the ...
LAist

The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

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NBC News

Walter Cunningham, last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death in a ...
Orlando Sentinel

Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death in a ...